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2026 Toyota C-HR+: Is This Toyota's Best Electric Car Yet?
Toyota's taken its time getting serious about electric cars, but the new C-HR+ suggests the wait may finally have been worthwhile. Despite the name, this isn't simply an electric version of the existing Toyota C-HR hybrid. The C-HR+ is a larger…
Letters: There's a simple reason for the racial disparity in electric car ownership
Regarding “EV adoption is stagnating among racial minorities in California. That's a red flag on multiple fronts” (Open Forum, SFChronicle.com, Aug. 16): Open Forum writer Jerel Ezell lamented that the “entire electric vehicle…
Ferrari's first electric car sells for record-breaking $40 million
Ferrari's first electric car has sold for $40 million at a charity auction, setting a new record for the highest price paid for a new vehicle at auction. The Ferrari Luce fetched more than 35 times its standard price during the RM Sotheby's sale in…
Can Indonesia build a lasting EV 'ecosystem' and not just a market?
Indonesia 's next electric-vehicle push will test whether President Prabowo Subianto can turn rising demand, nickel wealth and consumer subsidies into an integrated domestic industry that captures more value at home, or merely make imported and…
As F1 drivers sour on hybrid engines, Formula E doubles down on electric
“It feels like Formula E on steroids.” Red Bull Max Verstappen said those words as part of his 2026 preseason umbrage towards Formula 1's new engines and the type of racing they produce, where drivers are constantly working to save…
Rolls-Royce Is Going Big On Bespoke For Its Latest EV
The updated Rolls-Royce Spectre EV offers more personalisation than before Stephan Bauer / Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Four years have already passed since Rolls-Royce revealed its first all-electric production car, the Spectre. A lot has happened right…
Unitree IPO latest: Chinese robotics company's stock price will be closely watched in record-breaking trading debut
It's been a summer of big-time IPOs, with SpaceX, Jersey Mike's, and others going public. But this week, all eyes are on Unitree Robotics, which is expected to hit public markets on Wednesday. Unitree makes robotics, and is the world's largest…
EV Registrations Top 100,000 Again With One Brand Standing Out
U.S. electric-vehicle registrations climbed back above 100,000 in June 2026 for the first time since the $7,500 federal tax credit expired in September 2025. It was a partial recovery, not a turnaround. The month also marked the market's ninth…
'The attacks we found only scratch the surface of what is possible': Experts say so-called 'Proactive SIM' cards can hijack smartphones, IoT devices and even EV chargers
Researchers find a standardized SIM command is exposed on nine of 26 tested devices and used it to achieve code execution on a commercial EV charger The exposure is concentrated in machine-to-machine hardware rather than phones, affecting six of…
Xiaomi profit drops 37pc to 14b yuan in H1
China's smartphone and electric-vehicle maker Xiaomi (1810) saw its net profit fall 37.6 percent year-on-year to 14.2 billion yuan (HK$16.52 billion) for the first half of 2026, weighed down by rising component costs and intensified industry…
South Korea's LG Energy in Talks With US for Drone Batteries
LG Energy Solution Ltd. is in talks with the US government and major defense contractors to supply batteries for drones and other unmanned weapons systems, a move to capture growing demand for military hardware as electric vehicle demand sputters.
Baidu, Xiaomi Profits Slide as AI, Chip Costs Mount
Good morning. Baidu and Xiaomi are feeling the squeeze as chip and AI costs hit profits. The diamond industry's old guard is fighting back against lab-grown rivals. And robot dogs are making one Chinese billionaire even richer despite US curbs.
I'm living with the electric SUV that's so good everyone should know about it
Genesis is one of those car brands that still makes a lot of people stop and ask: “What's that?” And, in many ways, that's no bad thing. The premium brand from the Hyundai Group has been quietly building a reputation for doing things…
Opinion | Chinese overcapacity isn't a numbers problem. It's a productivity gap
Beijing has spent the past month attempting to turn one of the West's sharpest economic accusations back on itself. On July 28, the Ministry of Commerce rejected the link between subsidies, weak domestic demand and Chinese overcapacity, arguing…
Xiaomi's Q2 profit slides 42.6% on component cost pressure
BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi Corp posted a fall of 42.6% in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday, missing analysts' estimates, as higher costs of memory and other components squeezed margins for the maker of smartphones…
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